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CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE
Bill Lingo
Jack Lingo Realtor
Founded in 1974 by retired Air Force Colonel Jack Lingo, Jack Lingo Realtor is a family-owned business that focuses on realty in the Sussex County market, ranging between beach homes in the coastal communities to commercial and residential space in other parts of the county. The company first started with a single office on Rehoboth Avenue, and now has added two
more in Lewes and Millsboro. Bill Lingo, the second generation at the helm of the company, has more than
40 years in finance and real estate markets and remains involved in appraisals of residential subdivisions and commercial properties. Jack Lingo Realtor’s portfolio includes more than 1,000 units with residential areas
and commercial developments like Tanger Outlet Centers and retirement communities.
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Gregory Pettinaro
Pettinaro
As a second-generation leader of vertically integrated real estate development firm Pettinaro, Gregory Pettinaro spent a lifetime learning from his father, Verino. Today, the firm is the largest development firm in Delaware, and largely built Wilmington’s Riverfront, including the Chase Center on the Riverfront, the Shipyard Center, the Christina Crescent and Gates Building, and more. In 2022, Pettinaro completed a long sought-after
project in redeveloping Barley Mill Plaza and attracting the state’s first Wegman’s grocery store. That project is continuing with future phases, and the firm’s attention will soon turn to the redevelopment of the former Hercules golf course.
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Greg Sawka
Bancroft Construction
After a career at Exelon and custom home-building, Greg Sawka came to Wilmington-based Bancroft Construction almost by chance after answering an ad. Starting
as an assistant project manager
and rising through the ranks of
the firm to oversee operations and preconstruction, Sawka was named president and CEO in 2010. Since
then, he’s helped the construction firm parlay successful expansion projects
at the University of Delaware and Longwood Gardens into fruitful long- term relationships with both, including as part of a bid group on UD’s STAR Campus. Sawka also opened offices in Princeton, N.J., and Salisbury, Md., to expand Bancroft’s geographic reach.
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Chris Schell
Schell Brothers
Schell Brothers is a new home construction company that bills
itself as focusing on happiness over profit, and has divisions in Delaware, Richmond, Va. and Nashville, Tenn. The company offers varieties of architectural styles and innovative home plans, and since its inception
in 2003, it has built between 400 and 500 homes in the First State per year. Preston Schell launched the company after a successful career in finance, notably a position at Merrill Lynch in Chicago, but searching for something more than making money. With 260 employees, Schell Brothers has also branched out into interior design with Decor Direct, outside living space design with Creative Courtyards as well as solar panel installation with Clean Energy USA.
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